Posted on 01/10/2023 3:43:11 PM PST by Morgana
A 13-year-old boy in Washington, DC, was shot and killed by a homeowner who claimed he was breaking into cars. The community is demanding the shooter's identity be revealed.
Karon Blake was fatally shot with a legally registered firearm on Quincy Street around 4am on January 7 by an unidentified homeowner who heard noises outside of his home and thought someone was 'tampering with a vehicle,' DC Police reported.
The teenager and the man reportedly got into a confrontation before the shooting occurred, and after shooting him, the homeowner did perform CPR.
Blake, who was found by police with multiple gunshot wounds and is believed to have been unarmed, was taken to the hospital, where he later died.
Two other youths are suspected of fleeing the scene after the homeowner approached them.
Police also said they found a stolen car in the area and believed the Brookland Middle Schooler had used it, according to NBC Washington.
Now, the local community is demanding the homeowner's identity be released and that he be charged with murder.
DC Police have said they are talking to the US Attorney's Office to decide if charges should be fired. Identities are typically not released until charges are filed, but the community members are demanding a name now.
'Vigilante behavior is not the way to go about it,' Frankie Seabron, a member of the DC Safety Squad - an activist group - said. 'We really should value people more than we value property.'
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We’ll have to wait, and then only possibly learn, what took place. Doesn’t sound as if he was killed because he was messing around with the guy’s car; there was a “confrontation”, the nature of which has not been described. Being surrounded by three thugs who’ve declared their intent to beat the hell out of or kill someone would in my view justifiably elicit a deadly response.
When I think back on being 13 years old, I have to wonder what kind of upbringing this kid had.
No, on second thought, I don’t really have to wonder.
Imagine the howling if someone swiped his sneakers!
But anyone else’s stuff is fair game.
13 years old and out at 4AM?
The thief obviously valued that car more than his own life.
Good shoot.
Caught at the point of offense by the rightful owner? Yes. Without question...
Tossing car interiors for cash and phones is an intramural sport in DC. These “outraged” parents completely accept this as normal harmless teenage behavior… ‘he’s a good boy’. They also accept grand theft auto as normal and only slightly disapprove of carjacking, but only if the jacker gets hurt.
30 years ago, I lived in a not-so-horrible part of the city of Atlanta. It was common knowledge not to lock your car doors, and not leave anything you couldn’t lose inside your car or trunk. The best you could hope for is not having to replace a side window.
yup, i used to live on STX and Trailerpark Badass post#147 is right...
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